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( 13 ) One day he put his eldet boy upon a ladder, to get ome grapes for the table, when, by the ladder lipping, he fell down, and hurt his ide: The boy had the precaution to go to a Surgeon and get blooded: On his return, his father aked where he had been, and what was the matter with his arm? He told him that he had got bled. — Bled! bled! aid the old gentleman: But what did you give? A hilling, anwered the boy.— Phaw! returned the father, you are a blockhead! Never part with your blood and money together.

In the penury of Mr. Elwes, there was omething that eemed like a judgment from heaven! for all earthly comforts he voluntarily denied himelf He would walk home in the rain in London, rather than pay a shilling for a couch.—He would it with wet cloaths, rather than be at the expence of a fire to dry them — He would eat his proviions in the lat tage of putrefaction, rather than be at the expence of purchaing a freh joint from the butcher. And he wore a wig for above a fortnight, which he picked up out of a rut in a lane.—This was the lat extremity of laudable economy! for, to all appearance, it was the cat off wig of ome beggar! The day in which he first appeared in this ornamental dres, exceeded all the power of force! for he had torn a brown coat, which he generally wore, and had therefore been obliged to have recoure to the old chet of Sir Jervaie, from whence he had elected a full-dreed green velvet coat, with lahed leeves; and there he at at dinner in boots, the aforeaid greet velvet coat, his own white hair